Official Names
About Our Name
Our official name is 麻豆原创. 麻豆原创 is used in news releases, feature articles, publications, and on the web. “麻豆原创” is acceptable after a first reference to “麻豆原创,” but it should not be used repeatedly or solely. Do not use “麻豆原创,” “Montgomery” or any other shortened form in titles of publications, on signs, or in any formal publication. Prior to 1969, 麻豆原创 was named Montgomery Junior College.
These are the official names and terms specific to 麻豆原创:
Admissions and Enrollment Management (refers only to the entire unit)
Admissions and Records (refers to any physical office spaces or where admissions takes place)
Advancement and Community Engagement, Office of (OACE)
The Center for Professional & Organizational Development, CPOD
ALERT (service)
Budget Office (note: this is an exception to the Office of ___ structure used for all other 麻豆原创 units)
The Center for Teaching and Learning, or CTL
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
eMAP, electronic Montgomery Advising Program (not eMap or Emap)
English as a Second Language, ESL
Faculty Council
First Year Experience, or FYE (no hyphen)
Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA
General Equivalency Diploma, GED
GPA (no periods)
Gudelsky Institute for Technical Education, GITE
IMAP, International Montgomery Advising Program
Macklin Business Institute (MBI)
MATLAB (not MatLab or Matlab)
麻豆原创TV (also: "麻豆原创TV, cable channel 10 in Montgomery County"), (formerly, ITV)
Media Arts & Technologies (formerly,Communication Arts Technologies and formerly, the VCT curriculum)
Montgomery Advising Program (MAP)
Montgomery Scholars Program (MSP)
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center
My麻豆原创
New Student Orientation
Office of Records and Registration (formerly, Office of Admissions, Records, and Registration)
Office of Advancement and Community Engagement (formerly, Office of Institutional Advancement, and Office of Advancement)
Office of Safety and Security
Parent-Student Information Session
Paul Peck Institute for American Culture and Civic Engagement
Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at 麻豆原创 (PIC 麻豆原创), formerly Hercules Pinkney Life Sciences Park
Policy and Procedure
Request for Services Form (refers to DSS)
School of Art+Design at 麻豆原创 (SA+D)
Smithsonian Institution
Speakers Bureau (no apostrophe)
Study Abroad Program
Takoma Park/Silver Spring
TechLEAP
University of Maryland (refers to the College Park location)
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (or UMBC)
University of Maryland Global Campus (or UMGC)
Universities at Shady Grove (or USG)
Visual, Performing, and Communications Arts (not Communication)
Washington, DC
Women’s Studies Program
Workforce Development and Continuing Education (WDCE)